English > clerk: 3 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | An employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts). |
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| Narrower | desk clerk, hotel desk clerk, hotel clerk | A hotel receptionist |
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| file clerk, filing clerk, filer | A clerk who is employed to maintain the files of an organization |
| paper-pusher | A clerk or bureaucrat who does paperwork |
| penpusher, pencil pusher | A clerk who does boring paperwork |
| plotter, mapper | A clerk who marks data on a chart / chart |
| postal clerk, mail clerk | A clerk in a post office |
| settler | A clerk in a betting shop who calculates the winnings |
| shipping clerk | An employee who ships and receives goods |
| sorter | A clerk who sorts things (as letters at the post office) |
| tallyman, tally clerk | One who keeps a tally of quantity or weight of goods produced or shipped or received |
| timekeeper | A clerk who keeps track of the hours worked by employees |
| Broader | employee | A worker who is hired to perform a job |
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| Spanish | administrativo, escribiente, oficinista, secretario |
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| Catalan | administratiu, oficinista |
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| Adjectives | clerical | of or relating to clerks |
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| clerical | appropriate for or engaged in office work |
| Nouns | clerkship | the job of clerk |
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| Verbs | clerk | work as a clerk, as in the legal business |
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